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I didn't think about this before, but I'm pretty sure I could easily get an extension for my mic chord and run it into the adjacent room through the doorways even. I wouldn't be able to compose in an acoustically silent environment, but any recording I do could easily be done that way, it would just take some extra work (like possibly rendering the harmony or bass line down to an mp3 and running it through an mp3 player while i record in the other room, since recording it straight into my DAW while looping would be a pain in the ass taking into consideration time to get setup in the other room)

That might be how I get my acoustic guitar samples. Been really needing them.

Pictures from the Mill.

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Lady Gaga totally has a big nose for a girl and it's hot. Hah.

Good.

The doctor's visit today went well. They put me on the same medication but gave me some topical stuff to use as well instead of the insanely expensive spray. It is indeed a fungal infection, and if it doesn't go away after this time (it's not anywhere near as bad as it was last time) I'll need to see a dermatologist. Sucks but I'll have to keep money tucked away for that just in case. Luckily my diploma should be covered, apparently my mother and father already talked about it.

I've still got quite a chunk of change sitting around, so I have to decide what I want to splurge on (I was planning on -something-)

I was thinking -maybe- a PS3 if I can get a good discount from my PS2 and the four games I have left for it. But on the same token I really don't want to spend that much. However, I am considering picking up Modern Warfare 2 for PC. I watched some clips of a guy running it with the same graphics card as me, only 3 gigs of ram and a dual core 2.3ghz (I have a quad core 2.6 and 8 gigs) and it was running just as well as it does on Xbox 360. The only thing is if I don't get the PS3 I won't get to experience Final Fantasy 13. That depresses me a lot...I haven't played a -good- Final Fantasy since 10...12 was a lame no-story grind game...and they aren't going to release it for PC. But the fact is, I don't really -want- a console. My PC is my studio and what gaming I do I want to be done in my workspace. Plus, just getting MW2 will leave me with enough money - maybe - to get some decent studio monitors, which are really the last step if I want to be a pro at this music shit.

I saw a new doctor and I really like him. He even told me a place where I could get my antibiotic for free, and this particular pharmacy actually has a discount for people without insurance. All of my medications only cost $48 after the $78 doctor's visit, which is a massive difference from last time (it was about $60 for the visit and $200 total for the medications.) He's an indian fellow, accent and all. I had a nice female professor from over there during college, so I have no problem understanding their speech anymore...and in general I appreciate the way they interact with people much more than most Americans. He was very nice and jovial.

I decided that if I can I'm going to shoot for med school. I'm done with liberal arts as a goal academically. That's something I pursue far better on my own time and I -know- that. I'm not looking to teach Philosophy, I'm looking to write it. I want to do something that will challenge me intellectually and even though it's probably a risk to shoot for it starting at 23, I know it will be the challenge I'm looking for. Even if I don't make it, I'll at least be able to maybe be a general practitioner or a nurse, still make good money, have financial security, the key BE HELPING PEOPLE DAILY and have enough income to support my music hobby, and even have a family someday. I enjoy interacting with people on a one-on-one basis, and I always do well in those circumstances, in fact people always respond so well to me...so I think it's the right course of action. There's a lot more aid out there for people looking to go that route. Psychology is something I always considered by my opinion of it has degraded over the years and I don't really want to pursue something that is still so inherently subjective. Practicing medicine - real medicine - means the subjective aspect is removed for the most part. And that's something I can handle.

I'll have to switch majors obviously, but I don't care. This is worth it. And by the time I hit my A.S. I should know whether or not I can handle it. If I can't, I'll do two more years and have a masters equivalency so I'll still be able to teach in PA and most states, by the age of 30 if not earlier. That's a fine age to start. And I should be practicing medicine by my early thirties if I make it there.

It was something I had been thinking about, but it didn't really hit me until today when I realized how -good- it makes me feel to see a doctor. I want to be able to offer that to people, I want to be able to give back in a REAL, tangible way. Philosophy can never, ever do that. It will always be hit or miss. As a doctor I can strive for that to not be the case, because it isn't so much an art as it is a profession.

And...

A little bit of minor research...

I can still pursue whatever the hell I want in college as long as I take some core reqs for med school, keep my GPA high and do well on the MCATs. According to some of the info I came across science degrees can actually -be looked down on- in some cases. They want to see you stick with something you love for four years.

Maybe I'll stick with philosophy. But I'll still need to pick up friggin calculus and applied physics. Sigh. Inevitable at any real college, but I'm still worlds behind in math since at my CC it was not a req for liberal arts. Even my philo professors said they shied away from maths and formal logic. So lame!